Photo: Travis.Thurston · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.4 jobs in Hauula for every working resident, and 578 people commute in
587 jobs are based in Hauula, against 244 working residents. For jobs and income Hauula is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (A+). Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hauula, in brief
Hauula is where the jobs are
Hauula has 587 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Hauula and Urban Honolulu trade workers both ways
Urban Honolulu is the top workplace for Hauula residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Hauula come from (41% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hauula has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hauula went from 316 in 2013 to 587 in 2023, +86%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Hauula’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Hauula’s grade up ($115,865, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hauula could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who commutes out of Hauula, and who commutes in
On a workday 235 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 3,900 people are in Hauula on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Hauula, and from where
Where Hauula clocks in
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Hauula: what the 587 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hauula, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 587. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hauula’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Hawaii
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hauula workers work from home, vs 10% across Hawaii. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,297 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Hawaii: 72% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Hauula goes to work
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Hauula is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,400 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 97% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 97% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Hauula households have no vehicle (Hawaii 8.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Hauula’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hauula places 1,833rd of 4,355 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 545 | Waikapu HI | 3,591 | $123K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,072 | Waimanalo Beach HI | 4,505 | $127K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,143 | Puhi HI | 4,362 | $137K | 8.5% | 2.8% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,831 | Liberty Township MI | 3,080 | $103K | 5.1% | 6.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,832 | East Drumore Township PA | 3,935 | $79K | 5.6% | 5.2% | 12% | B |
| 1,833 | Hauula HI | 3,548 | $116K | 8.1% | 4.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,834 | Jesup IA | 2,557 | $89K | 7.0% | 5.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,835 | Unadilla Township MI | 3,284 | $72K | 7.1% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hauula, the top three, the last and three more from Hawaii.
Work in the towns next to Hauula
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hauula workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauula | – | B | A+ | 34 min | $115,865 |
| Punaluu | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Punaluu: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hauula’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hauula: questions
What is the median household income in Hauula?
$115,865 (±$21,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $100,389 across Hawaii and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hauula?
8.1%, against 10.0% across Hawaii and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hauula?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Hawaii and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hauula work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Urban Honolulu (24%, 20 mi), Laie (11%, 2 mi), Wailuku (4%, 104 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hauula walkable?
Hauula is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hauula without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 97% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hauula, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hauula
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.